downward

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

down +‎ -ward

AdverbEdit

downward ‎(comparative more downward, superlative most downward) (or downwards)

1. Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.

   His position in society moved ever downward.

   • Drayton

     Their heads they downward bent.

   • Shakespeare

     A ring the county wears, / That downward hath descended in his house, / From son to son, some four or five descents.

TranslationsEdit

toward a lower level

• Bulgarian: надолу ‎(nadolu)
• Finnish: alaspäin

• Romanian: în jos, în coborâre
• Russian: вниз (ru) ‎(vniz)
• Swedish: nedåt (sv), neråt (sv)

AdjectiveEdit

downward ‎(comparative more downward, superlative most downward)

1. moving or sloping down

   He spoke with a downward glance.

TranslationsEdit

moving down

• Bulgarian: спадащ (bg) ‎(spadašt)
• Dutch: neerwaarts (nl)
• Finnish: laskeva (fi)

• Maori: whakararo
• Romanian: coborâtor (ro) m, coborâtoare f, descendent (ro) m
• Russian: спуска́ющийся (ru) ‎(spuskájuščijsja), нисходя́щий (ru) ‎(nisxodjáščij)
• Swedish: nedåt (sv), neråt (sv)

AnagramsEdit

• drawdown